All 3 fish, or maybe 2, looks to me like males. I can't seem to spot the egg tube a.k.a ovipositor on the belly to confirm as female. Thus, all are males. Why, you want to spawn them?

now? Imbellis Cyberjaya male(if it's still alive), Coccina Johor & Betta Mandor(id by senior, remain arguable as it comes as strohi)...

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cant make up my mind..got poisoned with lots of nice pets on every thread i spam

This post has been edited by LuQEE: May 4 2012, 11:37 PM

Oh, nvm then. Cause looking to buy in maybe one-two months time! Thanks and good luck there!

try one luqee....challenging species...why dont try it once hehehe..just small2 tank and you can keep a pair in one tank

maybe next month la..
this month gonna be a way for a week or more..scared sumthing might happen to them.


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moi semi-giant betta finally arrived, and its cheap and not high grade, still loving it, body size(not including its upper and lower fins) about the crickets lighter


This post has been edited by LuQEE: May 6 2012, 07:41 PM

Wow! Imbellis colouration. It should be the hybrid of giant betta with imbellis. Lmao. I'm imagining the giant betta partner swallowed the imbellis either male or female during mating process. *faints*

haha.. now still hunting for real giant bettas, which is 10cm long or more
this betta finnaly sparks the betta rage thats almost died in me

Betta rage? Weird, it has killed my betta rage instead.

Correction, it has made me more afraid of the man-made creations more than ever. After those dumbo ears and crowntails bettas, these giant bettas are what fear me.

No offence, I'm just unable to accept betta splendens looking like a betta macrostoma size.

none taken.
i prefer big ones since they emit those passively display-theque aura which can grab the attention of a passerby. the bigger the betta, the bigger the area of effect(aoe). Some of my bettas are put on display in my living room but not many ppl realise there is a fish in those plant bowls.



This post has been edited by LuQEE: May 7 2012, 12:31 AM

Aha! Now I get you. You like your bettas to be noticed. True indeed. When bettas hardly move, it's as if guests can't see them. Haha! Put an arowana instead, everyone can see it.

arowana very manje la..
once blackout, no o2 pump die weh~

betta very adaptable IMHO, even normal spledens.
my ex bettas used to be fed them once a week, with feeder shrimps, still can tahan,
also, their waste not so much, so no need to WC alot and can last up to 2 weeks if the water parameters is stable.

haha, seems like u are one who appreciate originality, it's easy to understand the logic, as a matter of preference, some people have no problem accepting plastic surgery while some cannot and some would go to gym to build up muscle to look tough but being sissy in character, having giant splenden is just an advancement made by people to fulfil their curiosity/demand only, debatable just like cloning tech, btw, smaragdina/mahachai or even imbellis have high tendency of not being pure breed itself

so does this means even wild ones are not pure breed?

wild one depends, those falls under splenden group are more controversial since almost all the sp in that group were involved in catch & release culture for the past few hundred years for fish fighting purpose, that's the main reason why I do not fancy splenden group as I personally think it's the one with highest possibility of being mixed bred, those sp that are commonly found like pugnax have high tendency as well since it's widely distributed through out malaysia & being very diverse in species among it's own group, catch and released(to a foreign water) might caused hybridization easily

Interesting bit there, c.way. I guess the coccina group and bellica group do seem interesting to me. I have got myself a pair of coccina and persephone previously and so does a pair of bellica too. Perhaps these are the originality which are in their true form?

As for splendens group, I'm only unable to tolerate the variation of tail shapes and colouration of those seen in pet stores and being bred. I suppose I'm more into the naturalism? Hmm...

haha, a common interest forms a common path, down the way to wild betta.

It all remain controversial, up to the extend we can accept.(Bare in mind that Persephone have locality differences as well)

For purist like me, my selection of sp is deep down to the root of it's locality, those without locality detail will all regarded as culled or temporary sp with me, show betta is an art of selective breeding, too bad that it's too common(overbred perhaps) and also ethic issues of many keepers, so it end up nowhere in my previous collection plan.

Well said, am out of words. LOL!

Previously when I met up with beawolf64, I called him as crazy for his passion for dwelling into the sites of simply the pugnax and imbellis.

Now I see that there are even greater people out there with pure passion and go even further. Impressive!

im newbie that play with common fish only...c.way livida spawn for the third time.........

congrate bro , saturday night teh tarik?